Plate bumper build

Can anyone point to a thread or link for a plate bumper build? I would love to have one, and have the stuff to build it, just don't really wanna pay retail price for one!!

 

so your looking for a how to write up of how to build your own?

uh idk man lol but, i'm thinking you need to be pretty good with a welder to pull something like that off especially if you intend on ever putting a winch in it. that could be a scary as hell to have a bumper tear off of a truck under load.

i don't mean to assume that your not capable of doing this it just crossed my mind and want you to be safe.

there are a few members on here that fabbed up their own tube style bumpers i have seen some of them looked awesome when they finished. but, your talking plate steel bumper right? thats a different thing altogether i think and probably harder to execute the right way than the easier to work with tubing.

 

Go to TTORA and use the search. You'll be reading for days.

 

Yea what steve said. TONS of DIY shit over on TTORA. Not so much here. But it is pretty challenging and i wish you the best of luck. Having a CNC and autocad or invetor would make it really easy tho. And if your a student you can get autocad for free..

 

soildworks ftw!!

 

fixed that for you

 

^ haha. practically the same thing. i just prefer the interface on soildworks..but most of the time i use mastercam..thats a different story..lol

 

I know Inventor is free, so thats what I got.

sorry for the thread jack OP.

 

yea true. lol. i have a fully operational version of 2011 sw, and x5 mastercam..so im pretty much set.

 

Well, my Dad and I are handy with steel, and I do have access to CNC, but still not sure it's something I want to tackle. The tube style would definitely be alot easier, it's just not exactly what I had in mind. Maybe I just need to do more research on the tube until I find a design I like.

 

build it on the truck since shit moves when ya weld

 

You could always do a hybrid of tube/plate too. There are some sick ones out there.